Improvement in buttons



F. W. RICHARDS. Buttons.

No. 216,701. Patented .lune17, 1879.

N. PETERS. PHOTO-LITHQGRAPHER. WASHINGTON. D C.

same length as the irst. exactly into the hollow post rst described,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICK W.V RICHARDS, OF ATTLEBOROUGH, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN BUTTONS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 216,701, dated June 17,1879; application iiled April 29, 1879.

To all whom it 'may concer-n:

Be it known that I,.FREDERIGK W. Rion- ARDs, of Attleborough, Bristol county, Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Buttons, of which the following is a specification.

Myinventionrelates to shirt-studs and sleeve and collar buttons of that class in which the upper disk is separable from the lower, in order that the shank or post may be introduced through a small hole and the parts afterward securely connected, and has for its object the production or" a more secure and convenient connection without detractin g from the appearance of the button.

t It consists of a hollow post fixed upon one l ing into a notch in the said hollow post.

It also consists i n extending the latch through the said outer disk, and in combination therewith of a small boss, forming the central ornament of the button, and serving at the saine time to cover the opening through which the end ot' the catch projects, and as means for moving the latch, all as hereinafter more fully set forth.

In the drawings hereunto attached andt'orming part of this specification, Figure lis a side elevation of a sleeve-button made in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a section through the center of the post and through the upper and lower disks, and Fig. 3 is a top view ofthe upper disk with the outer shell removed. Y

In the drawings I have represented a hollow post, b, attached to one side or disk of a sleeve-button. This hollow post is slightly flattened, and in the edges are formed the notches c c, cut through in the manner shown and adapted to the catch, as hereinafter described. Upon the other part of the sleeves button is fixed another post, e, of about the It is made to fit and is formed with a recess to receive alatch,

k of the latch to project through into connect tion with the notch in the hollow post.

The lower end of the latch is pivoted in the lower end of the post, and is fitted thereto so that it may be moved suiciently far back to bring the oi'set k uponthe latch iush with the edge of the post c, when one is inserted into the other. i

The offset 7c upon the latch exactly fits int the notch in the lower postwhen the upper post is inserted therein, and holds the 011e securely connected to the other.

The upper end of the latch t is represented as passing through a slot in the disk d', which forms the under side of one part of the button, and it is pressed to one end of the slot in the disk (1 by a spring, l, so that the latch is held interlocked with the notch ,in the hollow post. The disk d! is placed upon the disk d, which forms the outer or upper side of the button, being itted within the flange of the last-named disk, so that it leaves a space with in for the free action of the spring. The up per end ot' the latch is also represented as extending through a slot in the disk d to the outside oi' the said disk; and upon the end of it, resting upon the outside of the button, is

a boss, m, which forms the central ornament of the button, and at the same time serves 'to cover the slot through which the upper end of the latch moves, and -furnishes also a con venient knob, by means of `which the latch' may be moved whenever it is desirable to separate the parts.

It' it be desired to place a stone 011 the outside of the button, the upper end of the latch may be bent to 4bring the boss at the side or underneath without departing from the spirit of my invention.

The construction affords a very secure'connection of the parts, which are not liable to be separated yby any accident; but it may be quickly and easily separated whenever the wearer desires.

This construction is manifestly equally well adapted to sleeve-buttons, to buttons for collars, to shirt-studs, and any other uses where such security is desired.

Obviously, it is adapted to be used with solid or plated gold, or with any metal used for this class of goods.

I am aware that it is not new to unite the upper and lower parts of a button by means of a hollow shank 011 one part inserted in a hollow post on the other, the shank containing the catch and springfor retaining it within the post. Such a construction I do not, broadly, claim.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. In combination with a hollow notched post upon one part of the button and a hollow post upon the other part adapted to It within the first, a latch, i, pivoted in the end of the smaller post, and spring l, located within the larger disk of the button and arranged to press against the upper end of the latch, as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In combination with the two posts adapted to fit one Within the other, and with the latch i and spring l, constructed and arranged as described, the boss on, Xed up'on the end of the latch and over the slot in. the plate, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to thisspecicaton in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. 4

FREDERICK W. RICHARDS.

Witnesses:

THoMAs F. SoU'rHwIcK, G. K. WEBSTER. 

